Israeli and Palestine Conflict Flashcards
Israel
located on land that links West Asia to North Africa
-established under David
Canaan-
land of Israel, Promise land
Canaanites
first people to live in Canaan
Abraham
given Canaan by God as Promise land
Abraham descendants
Israelites
Philistines
indo-european people
-lived along Mediterranean coast of Israel
Palestine
- land of Philistines
- named after the Philistines
- currently occupied by Israel
United Monarchy
- refers to Israel under reign of David (1000 b.c)
- northern and southern region
- northern region falls to Assyrians
- southern region falls to Babylonians
Romans
general Pompey incorporated Palestine into Roman empire
- Drove out the Jewish from Rome and spread them across the middle east
- 70 A.D. Romans destroyed Jewish temple in Jerusalem
Diaspora
scattering
1000 A.D
Israel takes on Arab identity
1516
Ottomans take over Palestine
Zion
poetic name for Jerusalem, pre-Canannite word
-means all of Jerusalem, all of Palestine
Zionism
return of Jews to promise land, rooted in Hebrew scriptures
Practical zionism
Jews settling in Promise Land, practicing agriculture and practicing religion in Promise land
-emigration into Palestine (began in 1881)